bölln
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
- béllan (Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High German wollen, wellen from Old High German wollen, wellen, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”) and *waljaną (“to choose”). Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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